I can attest to the fact that Homeland Security is anal about reporting each movement. On our trip south in 2014 I was travelling with another boat and the captain said he never call in during is north bound trip the previous year. In Annapolis they caught up with us and advised us of our requirements and a verbal warning (strike one). In St. Augustine we were elevated to an investigator and had a face to face with Homeland Security at the airport. (Strike two). I immediately went to Walmart and got my own cell phone. Thereafter I called every night even if I only moved across the ICW. On the north bound trip in 2015 I didn't renew the cell service. I used Google hangouts. This made my calls interesting as sometimes I would get routed through a west coast office.
If you haven't tried hangouts you should give it a try. We could call from the Bahamas to anywhere in NA for free. The Admirals sister in Indiana or her father in Nova Scotia all for free. Mike Persuasion C&C 37 K/CB Long Sault Sent from my iPad > On Jun 1, 2016, at 2:35 PM, S Thomas via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The American government is pretty extreme in its reporting requirements for > visiting pleasure boats, especially that part about having to report every > movement of the boat once in American waters. Can you imagine if they did > that with cars? I seriously doubt that there are very many Americans who know > about these requirements, let alone us dangerous foreigners with our 7 knot > sailboats. > > The whole point in my getting a Nexus card was so that I would not normally > have to report physically at a controlled point of entry. The border control > people could insist on it at any time of course, but they normally don't. All > of this was carefully laid out by the Nexus / Homeland Security / Canadian > Border Services people when I got my card. If I understand the article > correctly, this has now changed? > > Steve. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Baker via CnC-List > To: [email protected] > Cc: Paul Baker > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:38 > Subject: Re: Stus-List Arrival by private boat in the US bya "visa exempt" > citizen > > this might be > useful.http://currents.bluewatercruising.org/articles/pleasure-boat-entry-us-new-process-2016/ > > Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 15:05:25 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Arrival by private boat in the US by a "visa exempt" > citizen > From: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Arrival on a commercial vessel is a non issue. Private /charter boat seems to > be the problem. Or did you mean to say you've gone back and forth n your own > or charter boat? > > > _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the > generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay > for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated! > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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